Hyderabad: Sports Authority of Telangana State (SATS) chairman A Venkateshwar Reddy felicitated Kidambi Srikanth who returned to city after clinching a silver medal at the BWF World Championships in Spain, at the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Gachibowli on Tuesday. The SATS chief presented a bouquet and a shawl to the shuttler who scripted history […]
Madrid: Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth on Sunday became the first Indian man to win a silver medal at the BWF World Championships. Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew defeated Kidambi in the summit clash 21-15, 22-20. The final lasted for 43 minutes. This is the first time that a men’s player from Singapore has won gold at the […]
Madrid: Kidambi Srikanth created history on Saturday by becoming the first Indian shuttler to enter the final in the men’s singles category of the BWF World Championships in Huelva. In an all-Indian battle, former world number one Srikanth rallied to defeat Lakshya Sen by 17-21, 21-14, 21-17 in a thriller that lasted for one hour […]
Madrid: Kidambi Srikanth defeated Mark Caljouw to cruise into the semi-finals of the ongoing BWF World Championships on Friday in Huelva. Former world number one Indian thrashed the Dutch shuttler by 21-8, 21-7 in a contest that lasted for just 26 minutes. With this win, Kidambi Srikanth confirmed India’s first medal at the 2021 World […]
Huelva: Defending champion PV Sindhu stormed into the women’s singles quarterfinals of the BWF World Championships with a straight-game win over Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand here on Thursday. The world number 7 Indian defeated her Thai opponent, ranked three places below her, 21-14 21-18 in the pre-quarterfinal match that lasted 48 minutes. With the win, […]
Hyderabad: Indian singles badminton player B Sai Praneeth has a rare distinction of being the only second Indian male shuttler to win a medal at the BWF World Championships. The 29-year-old clinched a bronze medal in the last edition in 2019 in Basel to join legendary shuttler Prakash Padukone, who also won bronze at the […]
Huelva: India’s two-time Olympic medallist PV Sindhu will look to bring her best to the fore on the big stage when she begins her title defence at the BWF World Championships beginning here on Sunday. Sindhu has been in impressive form as she claimed her second silver medal at the season-ending World Tour Finals after […]
Hyderabad: Indian badminton men’s doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who withdrew from the recently-concluded BWF World Tour Finals owing to a niggle to the former, hopes to finish the season on a high when they take the court for the final tournament of the season – BWF World Championships – in Huelva […]
